Sydney Irwin Pollack (July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008) was an American film director, producer, and actor. Pollack is known for directing commercially and critically acclaimed studio films. During his forty-year career, he received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards, in addition to nominations for three Golden Globe Awards and six BAFTA Awards.
Sydney Irwin Pollack (July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008) was an American film director, producer, and actor. Pollack is known for directing commercially and critically acclaimed studio films. During his forty-year career, he received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards, in addition to nominations for three Golden Globe Awards and six BAFTA Awards.
Pollack won the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture for Out of Africa (1985). He was also nominated for Academy Awards for Best Director for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) and Tootsie (1982). Pollack's other notable films include Jeremiah Johnson (1972), The Way We Were (1973), The Yakuza (1974), Three Days of the Condor (1975), Absence of Malice (1981), The Firm (1993), and Sabrina (1995).
Pollack produced and acted in Michael Clayton (2007), and he produced numerous films including The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989), Sense and Sensibility (1995), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Iris (2001), Cold Mountain (2003) and The Reader (2008). Pollack acted in Robert Altman's The Player (1992), Woody Allen's Husbands and Wives (1993), and Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut (1999).
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Filmography (Movies)
John Candy: I Like Me
Character:Self - Director (archive footage)
Release Date:04/09/2025
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:26/11/2020
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Character:Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Release Date:12/12/2014
The Story of The Swimmer
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:11/03/2014
Char·ac·ter
Character:Self
Release Date:30/11/2012
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
Character:Self
Release Date:08/10/2009
Adapting Austen
Character:Self
Release Date:17/03/2009
A Very Quiet Man
Character:Self
Release Date:17/03/2009
Made of Honor
Character:Thomas Sr.
Release Date:30/04/2008
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
Character:Self
Release Date:05/02/2008
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
Character:Self
Release Date:23/10/2007
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
Character:Self
Release Date:23/10/2007
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
Character:Self
Release Date:23/10/2007
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
Character:Self
Release Date:23/10/2007
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
Character:Self
Release Date:23/10/2007
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
Character:Self
Release Date:23/10/2007
Michael Clayton
Character:Marty Bach
Release Date:28/09/2007
Filmmakers in Action
Character:Self
Release Date:15/09/2006
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
Character:Self
Release Date:18/07/2006
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
Character:Self
Release Date:13/06/2006
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Character:Self
Release Date:12/05/2006
Avenue Montaigne
Character:Brian Sobinski
Release Date:15/02/2006
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:25/10/2005
One Six Right
Character:Self
Release Date:12/08/2005
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Character:Self
Release Date:17/07/2005
The Last Mogul
Character:Self
Release Date:24/06/2005
The Interpreter
Character:Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)
Release Date:08/04/2005
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
Character:Self
Release Date:19/12/2004
In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema
Character:Self
Release Date:29/11/2004
Something About Sydney Pollack
Character:Self
Release Date:20/06/2004
A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'
Character:Self
Release Date:08/06/2004
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
Character:Self
Release Date:30/03/2004
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/05/2003
A Decade Under the Influence
Character:Self
Release Date:25/04/2003
More About the Condor
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2003
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:02/07/2002
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
Character:Self
Release Date:11/06/2002
Changing Lanes
Character:Stephen Delano
Release Date:07/04/2002
The Majestic
Character:Studio Executive (voice)
Release Date:21/12/2001
The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"
Character:Self
Release Date:13/06/2001
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
Character:Self
Release Date:02/05/2001
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
Character:Self
Release Date:01/04/2001
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
Character:Self
Release Date:27/06/2000
A Song of Africa
Character:Self
Release Date:29/02/2000
Lost Angeles - Eine Stadt zwischen Traum und Trauma
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2000
Random Hearts
Character:Carl Broman
Release Date:08/10/1999
The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'
Character:Self
Release Date:05/09/1999
Eyes Wide Shut
Character:Victor Ziegler
Release Date:16/07/1999
The Way We Were: Looking Back
Character:Self
Release Date:02/01/1999
A Civil Action
Character:Al Eustis
Release Date:25/12/1998
Independent's Day
Character:Self
Release Date:15/01/1998
The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson
Character:Self
Release Date:28/10/1997
Love in Hollywood
Character:Self
Release Date:08/12/1996
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
Character:Self
Release Date:15/03/1996
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
Character:Self
Release Date:22/05/1993
Husbands and Wives
Character:Jack
Release Date:18/09/1992
Death Becomes Her
Character:Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
Release Date:30/07/1992
The Player
Character:Dick Mellen
Release Date:08/05/1992
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Character:Self
Release Date:10/03/1991
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies
Character:Self
Release Date:09/12/1990
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Character:Self
Release Date:27/08/1990
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Character:Self (voice)
Release Date:26/06/1989
Hello Actors Studio
Character:Self
Release Date:09/11/1988
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
Character:Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Release Date:27/12/1986
Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
Character:Self
Release Date:11/01/1986
Tootsie
Character:George Fields
Release Date:17/12/1982
The Electric Horseman
Character:Man Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited)
Release Date:21/12/1979
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1973
War Hunt
Character:Sgt. Owen Van Horn
Release Date:01/05/1962
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Character:Andres
Release Date:12/03/1959
Television Appearances
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
Character:Self
Entourage
Character:Sydney Pollack
The Sopranos
Character:Warren Feldman
The Directors
Character:Self
Will & Grace
Character:George Truman
Just Shoot Me!
Character:Sydney Pollack
King of the Hill
Character:Grant Trimble (voice)
Inside the Actors Studio
Character:Self
American Cinema
Character:Self
Frasier
Character:Holden Thorpe (voice)
Mad About You
Character:Dr. Sydney Warren
Pebble Mill
Character:Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character:Self
Le Grand Échiquier
Character:Self
Great Performances
Character:Self
The Dick Cavett Show
Character:Self - Guest
The New Breed
Character:Austin Rogers
The New Breed
Character:Bert Masters
The Twilight Zone
Character:Arthur Willis
Have Gun, Will Travel
Character:Joe Culp
Playhouse 90
Character:Andres
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character:Bernie Samuelson
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Nominee / Nominee
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